Internet connectivity is the only thing I care to pay for. I have no problem for the news (such as the CBC, Microsoft and proprietary formats excluded) being paid for with tax dollars. Like paved roads, certain things are good for the whole of society.
Ideally one would pay a relatively fixed, close to lowest possible price, for pure non-corrupted internet connectivity. Geeks would hook up their IP phones at will and the free market would just make it easy to do the same. Crave-TV, Netflix and the likes of them can take care of the rest.
IMHO, ISPs would be better off easing into that model rather than fight it. Unfortunately, all they have demonstrated so far is to think short term and squeeze as much of their customers as if they were cattle.
Oh! "The" video. I didn't know you were talking about "The" video. That changes everything.
I have no idea why you would think that I can just guess which video you are referring to. It also doesn't have to be fake to start showing it wherever most convenient. Did you miss the video where somebody didn't just get punched, but died? Does that not register in your reality?
The goal of white supremacists is to start a race war. They are trying their best to get punched in the face so that people like you can go "They punched Nazis! They punched Nazis!". This is their motivation for instigating violence, a word you used first but don't seem to understand.
Finally, "Nazis suck" is the one of the worse understatements ever.
No. AMD is possibly the fiercest and one of the longest standing Intel competitor, and right now, they are kicking asses. It has and continues to make Intel better.
"Slashdong"? Rather than trying to post first, take a little more time to push them down a little more effectively, then perhaps you might feel that you brought yourself a little higher.
To be inclusive, the Shuttle was controlled by five AP-101 computers (one as cold, the other as hot spare), had 16 x 32-bit registers and could process 480,000 instructions per second.
The HP-41C were useful on board tools, used for calculating the change to the center of gravity due to fuel consumption and could be used as backup to the main computer to determine ignition times for re-entry. They were nice, but not quite in the same league.
Yes, it should pop right out of the see almost immediately, and the volcanic activity should then calm down since it will be that much farther away from the center of the earth.
Imagining something never quite plays out the same in reality though.
You sound like an advocate for the tobacco industry, who are indeed experts at hypocrisy.
It is not just a matter of 'dislike'; we are taking about a cancer causing agent. Business owners are not allowed to do a great many things. I'm sure you can figure some out yourself.
That said, I already live in a place where these laws are enacted and people who are of your opinion are free to stay home or move away. I hope you are happy where you are. I will choose not to visit.
You claim that nobody quite cries for bans on loud music, but to a lesser degree, there has been a campaign to educate people about it, and people who do not appreciate loud music will occasionally voice their opinions to the patron or a waiter of an establishment, especially if it is in closed walls.
Further, the analogy is quite week as hearing loss is not a life threatening condition. If you went to a club or a concert, I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate other people independently blasting their own music, turning the place a cacophony and ruining the purpose of your entry fee.
In the same manner, I believe that your argument is simply one of selfish convenience and less of stupidity. You think that other people should stay home so you can have a smoke whenever and wherever you want. I believe your right stop when you start infringing the rights of others, and unless you can inhale without exhaling you should keep your poison to your own environment.
What kindergarten kids find intuitive is irrelevant.
Even for educated adults, intuition is does not necessarily correspond to anything useful.
A body in motion at a constant velocity will remain in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force is not intuitive to most people. Yet it is an undeniable fact and man would not have gone to the moon ignoring it.
How do the words "NASA's regulations" lead you to think that "NASA requirements" are irrelevant?
NASA is first and foremost the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Their requirements are relevant, unless perhaps you are launching from another country than the US.
I might use it to drive from and to a location that I am already familiar with. In those conditions, the mental disconnect tends to happen to some level anyway.
Any abnormal activity such as an accident or a blocked lane would likely catch my attention and bring me to take control of the vehicle. It is very much just another form of cruise control.
From the manufacturer's view point I suppose that if they don't go through these growing pains (which is mainly being first to be blamed), they will not be in a leading market position for the next step. So far these incidents seem to be occurring at a manageable rate.
From reading the links, the dialect that humans supposedly cannot understand is akin to an argument going like this:
1> Nuhuh!
2> Nuuuhh-huuh-huhhhhhhhh!
1> Nuhhuu x 10
2> Nuhuuh x 100
1>...
The day you have a useful conversation with AI's that can modify their dialects themselfes instead of a 'programming error' equivalent to a bad boolean check in a for loop, all that is needed is an extra AI that acts as a translator and see if they come out with anything interesting.
No one needs to worry about the future of humanity over this.
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Mine is all on 8 inch floppies, but I've kept my punch cards just in case.
Internet connectivity is the only thing I care to pay for. I have no problem for the news (such as the CBC, Microsoft and proprietary formats excluded) being paid for with tax dollars. Like paved roads, certain things are good for the whole of society.
Ideally one would pay a relatively fixed, close to lowest possible price, for pure non-corrupted internet connectivity. Geeks would hook up their IP phones at will and the free market would just make it easy to do the same. Crave-TV, Netflix and the likes of them can take care of the rest.
IMHO, ISPs would be better off easing into that model rather than fight it. Unfortunately, all they have demonstrated so far is to think short term and squeeze as much of their customers as if they were cattle.
"was set upon with weapons before even coming to a stop."
I have no idea what you are saying. The only effective weapon was the car.
If you can't provide a specific link I say you are full of shit.
Oh! "The" video. I didn't know you were talking about "The" video. That changes everything.
I have no idea why you would think that I can just guess which video you are referring to. It also doesn't have to be fake to start showing it wherever most convenient. Did you miss the video where somebody didn't just get punched, but died? Does that not register in your reality?
The goal of white supremacists is to start a race war. They are trying their best to get punched in the face so that people like you can go "They punched Nazis! They punched Nazis!". This is their motivation for instigating violence, a word you used first but don't seem to understand.
Finally, "Nazis suck" is the one of the worse understatements ever.
A remarkable source of inspiration indeed.
And yet, you are posting as AC.
At least make some effort.
Your recollection is dubious at best, but most likely made up.
If you are not sure they instigated anything, you may want to look up the meaning of the word before using it.
That the people inciting violence are the ones claiming to be victims of it is no surprise.
You have no honor.
AMD doesn't need to beat nVidia. They just have to stay in the game, and they are doing that.
n/t
No. AMD is possibly the fiercest and one of the longest standing Intel competitor, and right now, they are kicking asses. It has and continues to make Intel better.
"Slashdong"? Rather than trying to post first, take a little more time to push them down a little more effectively, then perhaps you might feel that you brought yourself a little higher.
Users posting as AC sometimes make clever and insightful contributions, but this is not one of them.
To be inclusive, the Shuttle was controlled by five AP-101 computers (one as cold, the other as hot spare), had 16 x 32-bit registers and could process 480,000 instructions per second.
The HP-41C were useful on board tools, used for calculating the change to the center of gravity due to fuel consumption and could be used as backup to the main computer to determine ignition times for re-entry. They were nice, but not quite in the same league.
"This post should be modded up 1000."
That would be burning mod points.
Yes, it should pop right out of the see almost immediately, and the volcanic activity should then calm down since it will be that much farther away from the center of the earth.
Imagining something never quite plays out the same in reality though.
https://www.freebsd.org/
You sound like an advocate for the tobacco industry, who are indeed experts at hypocrisy.
It is not just a matter of 'dislike'; we are taking about a cancer causing agent. Business owners are not allowed to do a great many things. I'm sure you can figure some out yourself.
That said, I already live in a place where these laws are enacted and people who are of your opinion are free to stay home or move away. I hope you are happy where you are. I will choose not to visit.
You claim that nobody quite cries for bans on loud music, but to a lesser degree, there has been a campaign to educate people about it, and people who do not appreciate loud music will occasionally voice their opinions to the patron or a waiter of an establishment, especially if it is in closed walls.
Further, the analogy is quite week as hearing loss is not a life threatening condition. If you went to a club or a concert, I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate other people independently blasting their own music, turning the place a cacophony and ruining the purpose of your entry fee.
In the same manner, I believe that your argument is simply one of selfish convenience and less of stupidity. You think that other people should stay home so you can have a smoke whenever and wherever you want. I believe your right stop when you start infringing the rights of others, and unless you can inhale without exhaling you should keep your poison to your own environment.
What kindergarten kids find intuitive is irrelevant.
Even for educated adults, intuition is does not necessarily correspond to anything useful.
A body in motion at a constant velocity will remain in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force is not intuitive to most people. Yet it is an undeniable fact and man would not have gone to the moon ignoring it.
How do the words "NASA's regulations" lead you to think that "NASA requirements" are irrelevant?
NASA is first and foremost the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Their requirements are relevant, unless perhaps you are launching from another country than the US.
I am more interested about what SpaceX does. Why do your keep obsessing over Musk?
Its for the driver to make that call.
I might use it to drive from and to a location that I am already familiar with. In those conditions, the mental disconnect tends to happen to some level anyway.
Any abnormal activity such as an accident or a blocked lane would likely catch my attention and bring me to take control of the vehicle. It is very much just another form of cruise control.
From the manufacturer's view point I suppose that if they don't go through these growing pains (which is mainly being first to be blamed), they will not be in a leading market position for the next step. So far these incidents seem to be occurring at a manageable rate.
I have never operated a Tesla but I'm not quite sure why you were modded down.
Every primary input should be usable without looking at it, especially if one is trying to do something as simple as change the audio volume.
"I then remember looking up and seeing the sharp left turn which I was accelerating into."
Look up from where?
At his foot to reassure himself that he was pressing the accelerator, or at at text on his phone?
From reading the links, the dialect that humans supposedly cannot understand is akin to an argument going like this:
...
1> Nuhuh!
2> Nuuuhh-huuh-huhhhhhhhh!
1> Nuhhuu x 10
2> Nuhuuh x 100
1>
The day you have a useful conversation with AI's that can modify their dialects themselfes instead of a 'programming error' equivalent to a bad boolean check in a for loop, all that is needed is an extra AI that acts as a translator and see if they come out with anything interesting.
No one needs to worry about the future of humanity over this.